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ThinkSystem NVIDIA L40S 48GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU

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Abstract

The ThinkSystem NVIDIA L40S 48GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU is a powerful universal GPU for the data center, delivering breakthrough multi-workload acceleration for Generative AI and large language model (LLM) inference and training, graphics, and video applications.

This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the NVIDIA L40S GPU and its key features, specifications, and compatibility. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about the NVIDIA L40S GPU and consider its use in IT solutions.

Change History

Changes in the November 3, 2023 update:

Introduction

The ThinkSystem NVIDIA L40S 48GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU based on the Ada Lovelace architecture, is a powerful universal GPU for the data center, delivering breakthrough multi-workload acceleration for large language model (LLM) inference and training, graphics, and video applications. As the premier platform for multi-modal generative AI, the L40S GPU provides end-to-end acceleration for inference, training, graphics, and video workflows to power the next generation of AI-enabled audio, speech, 2D, video, and 3D applications.

The following figure shows the ThinkSystem NVIDIA L40S 48GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU.

ThinkSystem NVIDIA L40S 48GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU
Figure 1. ThinkSystem NVIDIA L40S 48GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU

Did you know?

AI models are exploding in complexity and popularity with the disruption led by large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT and generative AI diffusion models. L40S’s fourth-generation Tensor Cores with the Transformer Engine and new FP8 data format enable AI performance that exceeds the NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPUs for many AI training and inference workloads.

Part number information

The following table shows the ordering information for the NVIDIA L40S GPU.

Note: The NVIDIA L40S GPU is not available in the following markets: China, Hong Kong, Macau

Table 1. Ordering information
Part number Feature code Description
4X67A90669 BYFH ThinkSystem NVIDIA L40S 48GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU

The option part number includes the following:

  • One NVIDIA L40S GPU with full-height (3U) adapter bracket attached
  • Documentation

Features

Generative AI is fueling transformative change, unlocking a new frontier of opportunities for enterprises across every industry. To transform with AI, enterprises need more compute resources, greater scale, and a broad set of capabilities to meet the demands of an ever-increasing set of diverse and complex workloads.

The NVIDIA L40S GPU is the most powerful universal GPU for the data center, delivering end-to-end acceleration for the next generation of AI-enabled applications—from generative AI and model training and inference to 3D graphics, rendering, and video applications.

Enterprises are looking to use mainstream infrastructure to satisfy their compute needs, but training state-of-the-art models requires massive compute capability. For LLM models, eight L40S’s in mainstream servers bring up to 1.7X the training performance of an NVIDIA HGX™ A100 8-GPU system, giving enterprises fast time to solution with traditional infrastructure. When compared to the A100 80GB SXM for inference, the L40S delivers up to 1.2X more generative AI inference performance using StableDiffusion and up to 1.5X inference performance on popular networks, such as those included within the MLPerf benchmark.

Key use cases of the NVIDIA L40S GPU:

  • Generative AI

    The AI, graphics, and media acceleration capabilities of the L40S GPU make it the premier platform for multi-modal generative AI pipelines. With powerful inferencing capabilities, combined with NVIDIA RTX™-accelerated ray tracing and dedicated encode and decode engines, the L40S accelerates AI-enabled audio, speech, 2D, video, and 3D generative AI applications.

    For image generative AI inference, the L40S GPU delivers more than 5X higher performance than the previous-generation NVIDIA A40 GPU and 1.2X more performance than the HGX A100. This breakthrough performance, combined with 48GB of memory capacity, makes the L40S GPU the ideal generative AI platform for high-quality images and immersive visual content.

  • LLM Inference and Training

    Accelerate training, fine tuning, and inference workloads with powerful throughput and floating-point performance to build and deploy state-of-the-art AI models. Powerful NVIDIA-Certified Systems™ with eight L40 GPUs can train foundational models with up to 175 billion parameters to convergence and accelerate fine-tuning and retraining of existing large-scale models to adapt them for new tasks.

    Combining NVIDIA’s full stack of inference serving software with the compute capabilities of the L40S provides a powerful platform for trained models ready for inference. With support for structural sparsity and a broad range of precisions, including TF32, INT8, and FP8, the L40S delivers over 1 petaFLOPS of inference operation performance, delivering actionable insights with speed and precision.

  • AI-Ready Development Platform with NVIDIA AI Enterprise

    Enterprise adoption of AI is now mainstream and leading to an increased demand for skilled AI developers and data scientists. Organizations require a flexible, high-performance platform consisting of optimized hardware and software to maximize productivity and accelerate AI development.

    NVIDIA AI Enterprise is an end-to-end, enterprise-grade AI software platform that offers 100+ frameworks, pretrained models, and libraries to streamline development and deployment of production AI, including generative AI, computer vision, and speech AI. Optimized and certified for reliable performance, NVIDIA AI Enterprise, together with the L40S, provides a unified platform to develop applications once and deploy anywhere, reducing the risks involved with moving from pilot to production.

  • Rendering and 3D Graphics

    Running professional 3D visualization applications with NVIDIA L40S enables creative professionals to iterate more, render faster, and unlock tremendous performance advantages that increase productivity and speed up project completion. The NVIDIA L40S's third-generation RT Cores and industry-leading 48GB of GDDR6 memory deliver up to 2X the real-time ray-tracing performance of the previous generation.

    With these capabilities, artists and designers can work with complex geometry and high-resolution textures in real time to generate photorealistic designs and power full-fidelity creative workflows, from interactive rendering to virtual production.

  • NVIDIA Omniverse

    NVIDIA Omniverse is a multi-GPU-enabled open platform for Universal Scene Description (USD)-based collaboration and real-time photorealistic simulation. The full-stack platform based on USD and NVIDIA RTX is the powerful culmination of NVIDIA's core graphics, compute, and AI technologies. NVIDIA L40S GPUs bring powerful AI and RTX capabilities to accelerate 3D content creation and industrial digitalization.

    For the most complex Omniverse workloads like extended reality (XR), multi-user design collaboration, and digital twins, the NVIDIA L40S enables ray-traced and path-traced rendering of materials, physically accurate simulations, and generation of photorealistic 3D synthetic data.

  • Streaming and Video Content

    The NVIDIA L40S takes streaming and video content workloads to the next level, delivering breakthrough media acceleration capabilities with three video encode and three video decode engines. With the addition of AV1 encoding, the L40S delivers up to 2X the performance and improved TCO for broadcast streaming, video production, and transcription workloads.

  • Virtual Workstations

    When combined with NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation (vWS) software, the NVIDIA L40S can be virtualized to deliver high-performance workstation instances to remote users for high-end design, AI, and compute workloads. With 48GB of GPU memory, the NVIDIA L40S with vWS enables flexible, work-from-anywhere solutions for GPU memory-intensive workloads.

Technical specifications

The NVIDIA L40S GPU has the following specifications:

  • Form factor
    • PCIe Full Height Full Length adapter (4.4-in x 10.5-in), Double-width (dual slot)
    • NVIDIA Form Factor 5.5
  • Host interface:
    • PCIe 4.0 x16
    • MSI-X interrupt messaging protocol (MSI not supported)
    • PCIe Lane Polarity Inversion and Lane Reversal
  • Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) support
    • 256 virtual functions (VFs)
    • ARI Forwarding
  • Hardware Root of Trust
    • Secure boot
    • Secure firmware upgrade
    • Firmware rollback protection
    • Support for in-band firmware update disable (established after each GPU reset)
    • Secure application processor recovery

The following table lists the GPU processing specifications and performance of the NVIDIA L40S GPU.

Table 2. Specifications of the NVIDIA L40S GPU
Feature Specification
GPU Architecture NVIDIA Ada Lovelace
NVIDIA CUDA Parallel Processing Cores 18,176
NVIDIA Tensor Cores (4th gen) 568
NVIDIA RT Cores (3rd Gen) 142
Peak FP32 performance (non-Tensor) 91.6 TFLOPS
Peak FP16 Tensor performance 362.05 TFLOPS, 733 TFLOPS*
Peak Tensor Float 32 (TF32) performance 183 TFLOPS, 366 TFLOPS*
Peak Bfloat16 (BF16) Tensor performance 362.05 TFLOPS, 733 TFLOPS*
Peak FP8 Tensor performance 733 TFLOPS, 1466 TFLOPS*
Peak INT8 Integer Performance 733 TOPS, 1466 TOPS*
Peak INT4 Integer Performance 733 TOPS, 1466 TOPS*
RT Core performance 209 TFLOPS
GPU Memory 48 GB GDDR6
Memory Bandwidth 864 GB/s
ECC Yes
NVIDIA NVLink No support
System Interface PCIe Gen 4, x16 lanes
Form Factor PCIe full height/length, double width (10.5" x 4.4")
Multi-Instance GPU (MIG) No support
Max Power Consumption 350 W
Thermal Solution Passive
vGPU Software Support NVIDIA vPC/vApps, NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation (vWS)
Display connectors 4x DisplayPort 1.4a
Max Simultaneous Displays Up to four 5K Monitors at 60Hz per card or dual 8K displays @ 60Hz (requires DisplayPort 1.4 DSC); Each display port can support 4K at 120 Hz with 30-bit color
Graphics APIs DirectX 12 Ultimate, Shader Model 6.6, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3
Compute APIs CUDA 12.0, Direct Compute, OpenCL 3.0

* With structural sparsity enabled

Server support

The following tables list the ThinkSystem servers that are compatible.

Table 3. Server support (Part 1 of 3)
Part Number Description Edge 1S Intel V2 AMD V3 Intel V3
SE350 (7Z46 / 7D1X)
SE350 V2 (7DA9)
SE360 V2 (7DAM)
SE450 (7D8T)
SE455 V3 (7DBY)
ST50 V2 (7D8K / 7D8J)
ST250 V2 (7D8G / 7D8F)
SR250 V2 (7D7R / 7D7Q)
SR635 V3 (7D9H / 7D9G)
SR655 V3 (7D9F / 7D9E)
SR645 V3 (7D9D / 7D9C)
SR665 V3 (7D9B / 7D9A)
SR675 V3 (7D9Q / 7D9R)
ST650 V3 (7D7B / 7D7A)
SR630 V3 (7D72 / 7D73)
SR650 V3 (7D75 / 7D76)
SR850 V3 (7D97 / 7D96)
SR860 V3 (7D94 / 7D93)
SR950 V3 (7DC5 / 7DC4)
4X67A90669 ThinkSystem NVIDIA L40S 48GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU N N N N N N N N N N N N 8 N N N N N N
Table 4. Server support (Part 2 of 3)
Part Number Description Dense V3 2S Intel V2 AMD V1 Dense V2 4S V2 8S
SD665 V3 (7D9P)
SD665-N V3 (7DAZ)
SD650 V3 (7D7M)
SD650-I V3 (7D7L)
ST650 V2 (7Z75 / 7Z74)
SR630 V2 (7Z70 / 7Z71)
SR650 V2 (7Z72 / 7Z73)
SR670 V2 (7Z22 / 7Z23)
SR635 (7Y98 / 7Y99)
SR655 (7Y00 / 7Z01)
SR655 Client OS
SR645 (7D2Y / 7D2X)
SR665 (7D2W / 7D2V)
SD630 V2 (7D1K)
SD650 V2 (7D1M)
SD650-N V2 (7D1N)
SN550 V2 (7Z69)
SR850 V2 (7D31 / 7D32)
SR860 V2 (7Z59 / 7Z60)
SR950 (7X11 / 7X12)
4X67A90669 ThinkSystem NVIDIA L40S 48GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU N N N N N N N 8 N N N N N N N N N N N N
Table 5. Server support (Part 3 of 3)
Part Number Description 4S V1 1S Intel V1 2S Intel V1 Dense V1
SR850 (7X18 / 7X19)
SR850P (7D2F / 2D2G)
SR860 (7X69 / 7X70)
ST50 (7Y48 / 7Y50)
ST250 (7Y45 / 7Y46)
SR150 (7Y54)
SR250 (7Y52 / 7Y51)
ST550 (7X09 / 7X10)
SR530 (7X07 / 7X08)
SR550 (7X03 / 7X04)
SR570 (7Y02 / 7Y03)
SR590 (7X98 / 7X99)
SR630 (7X01 / 7X02)
SR650 (7X05 / 7X06)
SR670 (7Y36 / 7Y37)
SD530 (7X21)
SD650 (7X58)
SN550 (7X16)
SN850 (7X15)
4X67A90669 ThinkSystem NVIDIA L40S 48GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N

Operating system support

The following table lists the supported operating systems.

Tip: These tables are automatically generated based on data from Lenovo ServerProven.

Table 6. Operating system support for ThinkSystem NVIDIA L40S 48GB PCIe Gen4 Passive GPU, 4X67A90669
Operating systems
SR675 V3
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Y
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.7 Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Y
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 Y
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 Y
Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS Y
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 U1 Y
VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 8.0 U2 Y

NVIDIA GPU software

NVIDIA vGPU Software (vApps, vPC, RTX vWS, and vCS)

Lenovo offers the following virtualization software for NVIDIA GPUs:

  • Virtual Applications (vApps)

    For organizations deploying Citrix XenApp, VMware Horizon RDSH or other RDSH solutions. Designed to deliver PC Windows applications at full performance. NVIDIA Virtual Applications allows users to access any Windows application at full performance on any device, anywhere. This edition is suited for users who would like to virtualize applications using XenApp or other RDSH solutions. Windows Server hosted RDSH desktops are also supported by vApps.

  • Virtual PC (vPC)

    This product is ideal for users who want a virtual desktop but need great user experience leveraging PC Windows® applications, browsers and high-definition video. NVIDIA Virtual PC delivers a native experience to users in a virtual environment, allowing them to run all their PC applications at full performance.

  • NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation (RTX vWS)

    NVIDIA RTX vWS is the only virtual workstation that supports NVIDIA RTX technology, bringing advanced features like ray tracing, AI-denoising, and Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) to a virtual environment. Supporting the latest generation of NVIDIA GPUs unlocks the best performance possible, so designers and engineers can create their best work faster. IT can virtualize any application from the data center with an experience that is indistinguishable from a physical workstation — enabling workstation performance from any device.

  • Virtual Compute Server (vCS)

    NVIDIA Virtual Compute Server (vCS) enables data centers running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Virtualization, and other supported KVM-based hypervisors to accelerate server virtualization with the latest NVIDIA data center GPUs, so that the most compute-intensive workloads, such as artificial intelligence, deep learning, and data science, can be run in a virtual machine (VM) powered by NVIDIA vGPU technology.

The following license types are offered:

  • Perpetual license

    A non-expiring, permanent software license that can be used on a perpetual basis without the need to renew. Each Lenovo part number includes a fixed number of years of Support, Upgrade and Maintenance (SUMS).

  • Annual subscription

    A software license that is active for a fixed period as defined by the terms of the subscription license, typically yearly. The subscription includes Support, Upgrade and Maintenance (SUMS) for the duration of the license term.

  • Concurrent User (CCU)

    A method of counting licenses based on active user VMs. If the VM is active and the NVIDIA GRID vGPU software is running, then this counts as one CCU. A vGPU CCU is independent of the connection to the VM.

The following table lists the ordering part numbers and feature codes.

Table 7. NVIDIA vGPU Software
Part number Feature code Description
NVIDIA vApps
7S020003WW B1MP NVIDIA vApps Perpetual License and SUMS 5Yr, 1 CCU
7S020004WW B1MQ NVIDIA vApps Subscription License 1 Year, 1 CCU
7S020005WW B1MR NVIDIA vApps Subscription License 3 Years, 1 CCU
7S02003DWW S832 NVIDIA vApps Subscription License 4 Years, 1 CCU
7S02003EWW S833 NVIDIA vApps Subscription License 5 Years, 1 CCU
NVIDIA vPC
7S020009WW B1MV NVIDIA vPC Perpetual License and SUMS 5Yr, 1 CCU
7S02000AWW B1MW NVIDIA vPC Subscription License 1 Year, 1 CCU
7S02000BWW B1MX NVIDIA vPC Subscription License 3 Years, 1 CCU
7S02003FWW S834 NVIDIA vPC Subscription License 4 Years, 1 CCU
7S02003GWW S835 NVIDIA vPC Subscription License 5 Years, 1 CCU
NVIDIA RTX vWS
7S02000FWW B1N1 NVIDIA RTX vWS Perpetual License and SUMS 5Yr, 1 CCU
7S02000GWW B1N2 NVIDIA RTX vWS Subscription License 1 Year, 1 CCU
7S02000HWW B1N3 NVIDIA RTX vWS Subscription License 3 Years, 1 CCU
7S02000LWW B1N6 NVIDIA RTX vWS EDU Perpetual License and SUMS 5Yr, 1 CCU
7S02000MWW B1N7 NVIDIA RTX vWS EDU Subscription License 1 Year, 1 CCU
7S02000NWW B1N8 NVIDIA RTX vWS EDU Subscription License 3 Years, 1 CCU
7S02003BWW S830 NVIDIA RTX vWS EDU Subscription License 4 Years, 1 CCU
7S02003CWW S831 NVIDIA RTX vWS EDU Subscription License 5 Years, 1 CCU
7S02000XWW S6YJ NVIDIA RTX vWS Subscription License 4 Years, 1 CCU
7S02000YWW S6YK NVIDIA RTX vWS Subscription License 5 Years, 1 CCU
NVIDIA vCS
7S02000ZWW S6YL NVIDIA Virtual Compute Server Subscription, 1 GPU (Max 10 CC VMs), 1 Year
7S020010WW S6YM NVIDIA Virtual Compute Server Subscription, 1 GPU (Max 10 CC VMs), 3 Years
7S020011WW S6YN NVIDIA Virtual Compute Server Subscription, 1 GPU (Max 10 CC VMs), 5 Years
7S020012WW S6YP NVIDIA Virtual Compute Server Subscription, 1 GPU (Max 10 CC VMs), EDU, 1 Year
7S020013WW S6YQ NVIDIA Virtual Compute Server Subscription, 1 GPU (Max 10 CC VMs), EDU, 3 Years
7S020014WW S6YR NVIDIA Virtual Compute Server Subscription, 1 GPU (Max 10 CC VMs), EDU, 5 Years

NVIDIA Omniverse Software (OVE)

Lenovo offers the following NVIDIA Omniverse Software software. 3D workflows are now an essential component of every industry. Efficient design collaboration between teams is crucial. NVIDIA Omniverse™ Enterprise is an end-to-end collaboration and simulation platform that fundamentally transforms complex design workflows, creating a more harmonious environment for creative teams.

  • NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Nucleus

    Collaboration service which enables a variety of Omniverse Enterprise-enabled client applications (Apps, Connectors, and others) to share and modify authoritative representations of virtual worlds in USD. Omniverse Nucleus is built for collaboration across multiple users. Omniverse Nucleus is the database and collaboration engine of Omniverse.

    Includes:

    • Collaboration and scalable core microservices deployed on servers and/or workstations.
    • Nucleus Workstation
    • Enterprise Nucleus Server
    • NVIDIA Enterprise Support

    Note: The Omniverse Enterprise Nucleus Subscription is priced and licensed per named user.

  • NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Creator

    App for accelerated advanced scene composition and world building. Creator enables scene composition, simulation, and rendering on workstations and virtual workstations.

    Includes:

    • Omniverse Create
    • Omniverse Kit
    • Omniverse Extensions
    • Batch microservices (on up to 64 GPUs)
    • NVIDIA Enterprise Support

    Note: Collaboration via Nucleus requires a Nucleus subscription.

  • NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Reviewer

    Simple app designed to visualize projects in stunning, physically accurate photorealism and enable minor editing and comment permissions. Reviewer enables review and approval for workstations and virtual workstations.

    Includes:

    • Omniverse View
    • NVIDIA Enterprise Support

    Note: Editing and commenting via Nucleus requires a Nucleus subscription.

The following license types are offered:

  • Concurrent User (CCU) License

    A method of allocating licenses based on the number of users that are concurrently using the software. As an example, one CCU license allows only one concurrent user to use the software. 

  • Floating User License

    For licensing, same as Concurrent User License.

  • Named User License

    A method of licensing based on the number of named authorized users who may not re-assign or share the license with any other person.

  • Subscription

    A software license that is active for a fixed period as defined by the terms of the subscription. An annual subscription includes SUMS for the duration of the license term.

The following table lists the ordering part numbers and feature codes.

Table 8. NVIDIA Omniverse Software (OVE)
Part number Feature code Description
Omniverse Enterprise Nucleus
7S02002MWW S82A NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Nucleus Subscription per Named User, 1 Year
7S02002NWW S82B NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Nucleus Subscription per Named User, 3 Years
7S02002PWW S82C NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Nucleus Subscription per Named User, 4 Years
7S02002QWW S82D NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Nucleus Subscription per Named User, 5 Years
7S02002RWW S82E NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Nucleus Subscription per Named User, EDU, 1 Year
7S02002SWW S82F NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Nucleus Subscription per Named User, EDU, 3 Years
7S02002TWW S82G NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Nucleus Subscription per Named User, EDU, 4 Years
7S02002UWW S82H NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Nucleus Subscription per Named User, EDU, 5 Years
Omniverse Enterprise Creator
7S02002VWW S82J NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Creator Subscription per CCU, 1 Year
7S02002WWW S82K NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Creator Subscription per CCU, 3 Years
7S02002XWW S82L NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Creator Subscription per CCU, 4 Years
7S02002YWW S82M NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Creator Subscription per CCU, 5 Years
7S02002ZWW S82N NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Creator Subscription per CCU, EDU, 1 Year
7S020030WW S82P NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Creator Subscription per CCU, EDU, 3 Years
7S020031WW S82Q NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Creator Subscription per CCU, EDU, 4 Years
7S020032WW S82R NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Creator Subscription per CCU, EDU, 5 Years
Omniverse Enterprise Reviewer
7S020033WW S82S NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Reviewer Subscription per CCU, 1 Year
7S020034WW S82T NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Reviewer Subscription per CCU, 3 Years
7S020035WW S82U NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Reviewer Subscription per CCU, 4 Years
7S020036WW S82V NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Reviewer Subscription per CCU, 5 Years
7S020037WW S82W NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Reviewer Subscription per CCU, EDU, 1 Year
7S020038WW S82X NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Reviewer Subscription per CCU, EDU, 3 Years
7S020039WW S82Y NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Reviewer Subscription per CCU, EDU, 4 Years
7S02003AWW S82Z NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise Reviewer Subscription per CCU, EDU, 5 Years

NVIDIA AI Enterprise Software

Lenovo offers the NVIDIA AI Enterprise (NVAIE) cloud-native enterprise software. NVIDIA AI Enterprise is an end-to-end, cloud-native suite of  AI and data analytics software, optimized, certified, and supported by NVIDIA to run on VMware vSphere and bare-metal  with NVIDIA-Certified  Systems™.  It includes key enabling technologies from NVIDIA for rapid deployment, management, and scaling of AI workloads in the modern hybrid cloud.

NVIDIA AI Enterprise is licensed on a per-GPU basis. NVIDIA AI Enterprise products can be purchased as either a perpetual license with support services, or as an annual or multi-year subscription.

  • The perpetual license provides the right to use the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software indefinitely, with no expiration. NVIDIA AI Enterprise with perpetual licenses must be purchased in conjunction with one-year, three-year, or five-year support services. A one-year support service is also available for renewals.
  • The subscription offerings are an affordable option to allow IT departments to better manage the flexibility of license volumes. NVIDIA AI Enterprise software products with subscription includes support services for the duration of the software’s subscription license

The features of NVIDIA AI Enterprise Software are listed in the following table.

Table 9. Features of NVIDIA AI Enterprise Software (NVAIE)
Features Supported in NVIDIA AI Enterprise
Per GPU Licensing Yes
Compute Virtualization Supported
Windows Guest OS Support No support
Linux Guest OS Support Supported
Maximum Displays 1
Maximum Resolution 4096 x 2160 (4K)
OpenGL and Vulkan In-situ Graphics only
CUDA and OpenCL Support Supported
ECC and Page Retirement Supported
MIG GPU Support Supported
Multi-vGPU Supported
NVIDIA GPUDirect Supported
Peer-to-Peer over NVLink Supported
GPU Pass Through Support Supported
Baremetal Support Supported
AI and Data Science applications and Frameworks Supported
Cloud Native ready Supported

Note: Maximum 10 concurrent VMs per product license

The following table lists the ordering part numbers and feature codes.

Table 10. NVIDIA AI Enterprise Software (NVAIE)
Part number Feature code Description
AI Enterprise Perpetual License
7S020019WW S6YW NVIDIA AI Enterprise Perpetual License and Support per GPU, 1 Year
7S02001AWW S6YX NVIDIA AI Enterprise Perpetual License and Support per GPU, 3 Years
7S02001BWW S6YY NVIDIA AI Enterprise Perpetual License and Support per GPU, 5 Years
7S02001CWW S6YZ NVIDIA AI Enterprise Perpetual License and Support per GPU, EDU, 1 Year
7S02001DWW S6Z0 NVIDIA AI Enterprise Perpetual License and Support per GPU, EDU, 3 Years
7S02001EWW S6Z1 NVIDIA AI Enterprise Perpetual License and Support per GPU, EDU, 5 Years
AI Enterprise Subscription License
7S02001FWW S6Z2 NVIDIA AI Enterprise Subscription License and Support per GPU, 1 Year
7S02001GWW S6Z3 NVIDIA AI Enterprise Subscription License and Support per GPU, 3 Years
7S02001HWW S6Z4 NVIDIA AI Enterprise Subscription License and Support per GPU, 5 Years
7S02001JWW S6Z5 NVIDIA AI Enterprise Subscription License and Support per GPU, EDU, 1 Year
7S02001KWW S6Z6 NVIDIA AI Enterprise Subscription License and Support per GPU, EDU, 3 Years
7S02001LWW S6Z7 NVIDIA AI Enterprise Subscription License and Support per GPU, EDU, 5 Years

Find more information in the NVIDIA AI Enterprise Sizing Guide.

NVIDIA HPC Compiler Software

Table 11. NVIDIA HPC Compiler
Part number Feature code Description
HPC Compiler Support Services
7S090014WW S924 NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services, 1 Year
7S090015WW S925 NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services, 3 Years
7S09002GWW S9UQ NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services, 5 Years
7S090016WW S926 NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services, EDU, 1 Year
7S090017WW S927 NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services, EDU, 3 Years
7S09002HWW S9UR NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services, EDU, 5 Years
7S090018WW S928 NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services - Additional Contact, 1 Year
7S09002JWW S9US NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services - Additional Contact, 3 Years
7S09002KWW S9UT NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services - Additional Contact, 5 Years
7S090019WW S929 NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services - Additional Contact, EDU, 1 Year
7S09002LWW S9UU NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services - Additional Contact, EDU, 3 Years
7S09002MWW S9UV NVIDIA HPC Compiler Support Services - Additional Contact, EDU, 5 Years
HPC Compiler Premier Support Services
7S09001AWW S92A NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services, 1 Year
7S09002NWW S9UW NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services, 3 Years
7S09002PWW S9UX NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services, 5 Years
7S09001BWW S92B NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services, EDU, 1 Year
7S09002QWW S9UY NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services, EDU, 3 Years
7S09002RWW S9UZ NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services, EDU, 5 Years
7S09001CWW S92C NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services - Additional Contact, 1 Year
7S09002SWW S9V0 NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services - Additional Contact, 3 Years
7S09002TWW S9V1 NVIDIA HPC Compiler Premier Support Services - Additional Contact, 5 Years
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Auxiliary power cables

The GPU option part number does not ship with auxiliary power cables. Cables are server-specific due to length requirements and the connector on the server end of the cable. For CTO orders, auxiliary power cables are derived by the configurator. For field upgrades, cables will need to be ordered separately as listed in the table below.

Tip: The names of the cable options below may only include the H100 or L40 GPU, however these cables are also supported with the L40S.

Table 12. Auxiliary power cables for NVIDIA L40S GPU
Auxiliary power cable needed with the SR675 V3
SBB7A65299235mm 16-pin (2x6+4) cable
Option
: 4X97A84510, ThinkSystem SR675 V3 Supplemental Power Cable for H100 GPU Option
Feature: BSD2
SBB: SBB7A65299
Base: SC17B39301
FRU: 03LE554

Regulatory approvals

The NVIDIA L40S GPU has the following regulatory approvals:

  • RCM
  • BSMI
  • CE
  • FCC
  • ICES
  • KCC
  • cUL, UL
  • VCCI

Operating environment

The NVIDIA L40S GPU has the following operating characteristics:

  • Ambient temperature
    • Operational: 0°C to 50°C (-5°C to 55°C for short term*)
    • Storage: -40°C to 75°C
  • Relative humidity:
    • Operational: 5 to 85% (5 to 93% short term*)
    • Storage: 5 to 95%

* A period not more than 96 hours consecutive, not to exceed 15 days per year.

Warranty

One year limited warranty. When installed in a Lenovo server, the GPU assumes the server’s base warranty and any warranty upgrades.

Seller training courses

The following sales training courses are offered for employees and partners (login required). Courses are listed in date order.

  1. NVIDIA L40S GPU Overview and Business Use Case
    2023-10-12 | 60 minutes | Employees Only
    Details
    NVIDIA L40S GPU Overview and Business Use Case

    Welcome to the NVIDIA L40S GPU Overview and Business Use Case course. This course offers a closer look at the L40S GPU, featuring a webinar presented by Brad Davidson from NVIDIA. Throughout this course, we delve deep into the L40S GPU's capabilities, provide situational use cases, guide you on effectively positioning the L40S in various scenarios, and facilitate a meaningful comparison between the L40S and DGX systems.

    Completing this course will enable you to:
    • Describe the basics of NVIDIA L40S
    • Discuss how NVIDIA L40S delivers level performance for AI
    • Discuss generative AI and omniverse

    Published: 2023-10-12
    Length: 60 minutes
    Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
    Course code: DAINVD102

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